lemma
/lɛmə/
noun
5 letters2 syllables9 points in Scrabble®12 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS3
NOUN
1
The lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae.
2
A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
3
The heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry.
WORD FORMS
Starts withL
Ends withA
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®9 points
Words With Friends®12 points
Double word18 points
Triple word27 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinemmalay
Starts & ends withL … A
Syllableslem · ma
SYNONYMS & RELATED1
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